Enzymes of arginine utilization and their formation in Aeromonas formicans NCIB 9232 |
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Authors: | Victor Stalon Jean-Paul Simon Annick Mercenier |
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Affiliation: | (1) Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium;(2) Institut de Recherches du CERIA, 1, Avenue E. Gryson, B1070 Brussels, Belgium |
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Abstract: | In Aeromonas formicans two inducible catabolic pathways of L-arginine have been characterized. The arginine decarboxylase is induced by arginine which also induces the three enzymes of the arginine deiminase pathway but only in stress conditions such as a shift from aerobic growth conditions to very low oxygen tension. Addition of glucose to medium containing arginine leads to repression of the enzymes involved in the arginine deiminase pathway while exogenous cAMP prevents that repression of enzyme synthesis by glucose. This suggests that the induction of arginine deiminase pathway is regulated by carbon catabolite repression and the energetic state of the cell. |
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Keywords: | Arginine catabolism Arginine deiminase Aeromonas formicans |
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